Harlen Coben in editorial “The Undercover Parent” ( March 16‚2008 ) claims that parents should have conversations about their concerns with their teenagers ‚and let them know spyware is a possibility. The Author supports and develops the thesis by putting enough evidence to the article. He also supports the thesis by convincing people to use spyware is a possibility. The author talks about parents using spyware on their teens.Another thing coben talks about parents instead of using spyware they
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Harlen Coben‚ in an essay in The New York Times‚ “The Undercover Parent” (March 16‚ 2008) asserts that parents should install spyware on their children’s computers in order to protect children from the dangers of the internet. Coben claims that because what a child does on the internet is public‚ as a parent you have the right to view it as well‚ so we should be monitoring them in this area as well. However‚ Coben does admit that this is indeed an invasion of privacy‚ but that in order to be a good
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A Critique of “The Undercover Parent” by Harlan Coben I have talked with some of my friends about “Should parents install spyware on the computer to inspect their kids?” All of them think that was not an appropriate way. One of them‚ Tonya Steel said‚ “It makes me sick that parents can put spyware on computer to stalk their kids.” She didn’t mean the software that just blocks porn sites; she just couldn’t accept the one that record every keystroke‚ every page clicked on even every msn convo. Tonya
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Coben’s essay‚ “The Undercover Parent” (2008). It claims that parents should install spyware in their
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In Harlen Coben article The undercover parent (2008). I agree with Coben about the spyware. As a parent of a teenager I would take some precautionary measures in protecting my teenager from the dangers of the internet which may include having a conversation with my child and telling them the dangers of the internet. Spyware isn’t always a bad thing‚ like for example a girl got bullied online from all the rude comments and pictures and then she killed herself. Maybe if her parents had spyware or
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New York Times‚ “The Undercover Parent‚” Harlan Coben argues that parental use of spyware to monitor a child’s activities on the computer. The essay begins with Coben showing his initial apprehension towards the use of spyware stating‚ it’s an “invasion of privacy.” Coben mentions that his‚ as well as many other parents‚ hesitation may have started from the word: spyware. Nevertheless‚ as the essay continues on Coben’s views‚ on the subject‚ change. He says that some parents overprotect their children
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article “The Undercover Parents” by Harlan Coben in March 16‚ 2008 reports that parents should put spyware on their children’s social network. Most parents put spyware on their kids to monitor their kid’s behavior‚ or keep them from danger or harmful places. Coben’s purpose of writing this article is to persuade the readers to spyware their kids online to protect their kids from danger or harmful online websites‚ or to keep their children on track with their academic. However‚ some parents will say that
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In the article the “Undercover Parent” Harlan Coben‚ the author‚ states evident facts about using spyware. He also says what his personal thoughts were and how they changed. The article goes through Harlan Coben’s research and studies about spyware. At first Harlan Coben was against using spyware‚ but after further research he changes his mind he finally understands the good use of using spyware. Throughout the article there were many valid points as why using spyware is good to use to monitor your
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¨The Undercover Parent¨ (March 16‚ 2008) is a news article written by Harlan Coben that claims parents should have a conversation about their concerns with teens‚ and let them know spyware is a possibility. I agree with the fact that spyware should be used in an appropriate manner to keep children from the dangers the internet can pose. It makes sense that parents would use all possible resources that modern day offer to keep their precious children safe from harm. Some parents will say that it
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Caraveo 1 Elena Caraveo Mrs.KVA 14 September 2013 Undercover Parent Unit Essay Have you ever wondered if your child’s safety could be endangered on the Internet? Or how about what websites they could be going onto and if they are talking to strangers? These are some topics that Harlen Coben discusses in his article entitled “Undercover Parent”. He suggests that parents should put spyware on their child’s computers‚ or other electronic devices‚ to monitor their Internet usage‚ activity‚ and safety
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